100 Milady's House Plants 



grown on from year to year and many new ones 

 propagated. By dense shade is meant such as is 

 given by Maple trees for instance, that are so dis- 

 posed as to exclude the direct riys of the sun at all 

 times and from which the lower branches have been ; 

 trimmed off to within six or eight feet of the ground. 

 Even here, the light percolates through the foliage 

 and the shade, though called "dense," is vastly dif- 

 ferent from that cast by the walls of a house on the 

 north side. 



Moderate shade is that given by Apple trees and 

 pines, or by Elm trees whose branches are at a great 

 height, or small trees of almost any kind that would 

 shade the plants through the hottest part of the day 

 and allow the sun to reach them in the early morn- 

 ing and late afternoon. Any shade mentioned here 

 does not refer to that cast by buildings. Very few 

 plants will endure a position close to the walls of a 

 house, not even those that in nature grow under trees. 



Full sunlight means just what the words imply — 

 an open space away from trees and house. 



Good Water Supply a Necessity 



Abundance of water is as important in the garden 

 as the house and provision should be made for a 

 goodly supply close at hand. Rain, even when J 

 heavy and quite frequent, should not be rehed upon 

 to furnish water for potted plants. A tumbler full 

 of water to a plant in a six-inch pot would be the 

 equivalent of a heavy downpour of rain for half a day, 

 so that one may easily imagine what small vakie a 

 light refreshing shower would have, excepting to 

 wash the dust from the leaves. 



